Three City Council members representing both Brooklyn and Manhattan believe the Brooklyn Bridge needs to fatten up. Citing tight quarters along the pedestrian and bicycle paths, the members proposed Tuesday to widen the upper-level platform for tourists and commuters. The New York Times reports that Brooklyn Councilman Stephen Levin suggested that “the engineering and ideas […]
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On August 8, 2007, an EF2 tornado—strong enough to foster winds of 111-135 mph—touched down in Kings County, New York, the most powerful tornado in New York to date and the first in Brooklyn since 1889. What’s putting the wind in you…
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Your correspondent wished he could attend today’s real estate luncheon at the Brooklyn Historical Society, but a day job interfered. Fortunately, The Real Deal was on hand to give us the straight skinny. First off: very few changes are being made to the interior, “which w[as] meticulously maintained by the [Jehovah’s] Witnesses [the building’s previous […]
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In a comment to Homer’s sixth birthday post, I noted that my association with BHB began when he reposted a sunset photo from my blog, Self-Absorbed Boomer. Tonight’s was, I think, even more picturesque.
August 7, 2012It was six years ago today, at 4:13 p.m., that we started Brooklyn Heights Blog with this post.
In those six years we’ve made some great neighborhood friends, learned and wrote about the fascinating history of the area and covered some r…
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From Twitter: @sarahboatright tweeted this evening that there’s a fire at the Park Plaza Diner. She reports that FDNY is on the scene. Update:The situation now appears to be under control. More photos and a dramatic before/after shot after the jump. (photo: @sarahboatright) BHB reader “Sarah Jane” sent us these before and after shots of […]
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Does anyone remember laughter? Figured we’d have some fun this week and post a quick Brooklyn Heights History quiz. If this really tickles our collective fancy, we’ll do more soon. Get ready to rumble after the jump. Take Our Survey!
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The C Train is the worst subway line in the city according to the latest survey from the Straphangers Campaign. The C rocked the bottom of the group’s list with its kissin’ cousin the A ranking only 3 positions higher. As for the other main lines running through Brooklyn Heights – R, N, 2, 3 […]
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This time it’s The New York Times that’s weighing in on the increasingly controversial $40 million Field House proposed for Brooklyn Bridge Park. In a lengthy story titled “A $40 Million Gift, a Proposed Bike Arena and Now Skepticism in Brooklyn,” writer Lisa Foderaro ventures that Joshua P. Rechnitz’s pledge to build a field house […]
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